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Category: Inspiration

Some inspiration for venturing out in the cold and the dark to photograph the Milky Way.

Posted on April 8, 2015November 12, 2018

Lonely Speck featured on National Geographic’s Short Film Showcase

I’m proud to announce that National Geographic has featured our recent short film On Photographing the Milky Way in their Short Film Showcase!

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Posted on February 2, 2015November 12, 2018

The Photon Collective: A New Photography Community by Ian Norman of Lonely Speck

We’ve been working on a second photography website to live alongside Lonely Speck. It’s called The Photon Collective and it’s launching on February 10th on photoncollective.com.

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Posted on November 11, 2014November 12, 2018

The Night Sky on Film: A Salute to the Photographic Process

For me, photography is a way to slow things down, to hold on to moments that I recognize as being otherwise impossible to possess.

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Posted on October 23, 2014November 12, 2018

On Photographing the Milky Way

Here’s a little inspiration and my answer to why we stay out late in the cold and the dark.

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Posted on March 25, 2014November 12, 2018

The Milky Way from Brandasund, Bømlo, Norway – Astrophotography with the Fujifilm X-T1

Milky Way Reflection - Fujifilm X-T1 - 14mm

The first astrophotography results with the Fujifilm X-T1.

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Posted on September 28, 2013April 28, 2016

The Milky Way from Venice, Los Angeles, California

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Venice Beach Milky Way, Rokinon 14mm/2.8 @ 2.8, 30s, ISO3200

I stepped out underneath heavily light polluted skies last night to see what I could do with the conditions that Venice Beach offers. The results might surprise you.

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Posted on September 3, 2013November 12, 2018

Milky Way from Kaena Point, Oahu, Hawaii

The North Milky Way and the Galaxy Andromeda from Kaena Point
The North Milky Way and the Galaxy Andromeda from Kaena Point

The Hawaiian islands offer some very dark night skies.

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